Nicole's Adventures

As I posted in the previous post, I ended up staying a bit longer in Rosario than originally planned because of a few things. Mainly because I felt as though my help was truly needed, but also because the other teachers father died and classes were canceled for a full week and I didnt want to leave without saying good bye to the kiddos! That week I studied and did some farming, and extra time to explore around the area. Unfortunately most afternoons were rainy and the nights usually very rainy... This really made me want to head out. My host brother and I ended up becoming quite close and the extra conversations really helped me a lot with spanish and to understand a lot more about life in Cuellaje or Rosario than what I could see from the surface. It was really truly a challenge to keep the kids entertained... usually they just wanted to play games from the very first minute of class. Discipline was quite difficult at times, and the wide variety of levels like I said in the previous ...

    Profesora Blanca is truly a hero for teaching thirty five students grades one to seven herself without any assistance.  Obviously my help was much appreciated and welcomed by her , the students, and the parents. I taught English to the students Monday to Thursday´s and on Fridays taught Physical Education.  This was much more challenging than my other experiences teaching students English in Asia.  I taught four classes a day with two grade levels each class, and grade seven alone.  Class sizes varied from four to eleven students. The vast array of skill and knowledge in these classes was huge and one of the challenges. Some of the students remembered things from previous volunteers like it was taught yesterday, others didn´t remember anything at all. Energy and motivation of the students also varied a lot. I focused most of my teaching on speaking English and tried to get the kids speaking as much as possible and also when possible, movement....